Till It Arrives: I Was Here – Gayle Forman + Giveaway

Till It Arrives is inspired by Jamie from The Perpetual Page-Turner’s Save the Date feature. Sometimes I read books that are not released anytime soon, but I want to share some of my feelings on the book right away, so Till It Arrives is born! (It also allows me to read books that appear later in my schedule, so that’s awesome too.) Since I don’t usually use GIFs in my reviews, I thought I’ll use plenty of GIFs to describe my feelings for the book I’m talking about in this feature!

Cody and Meg were inseparable.
Two peas in a pod.
Until…they weren’t anymore.
When her best friend Meg drinks a bottle of industrial-strength cleaner alone in a motel room, Cody is understandably shocked and devastated. She and Meg shared everything — so how was there no warning? But when Cody travels to Meg’s college town to pack up the belongings left behind, she discovers that there’s a lot that Meg never told her. About her old roommates, the sort of people Cody never would have met in her dead-end small town in Washington. About Ben McAllister, the boy with a guitar and a sneer, who broke Meg’s heart. And about an encrypted computer file that Cody can’t open — until she does, and suddenly everything Cody thought she knew about her best friend’s death gets thrown into question.I Was Here is Gayle Forman at her finest, a taut, emotional, and ultimately redemptive story about redefining the meaning of family and finding a way to move forward even in the face of unspeakable loss.

First Sentence: The day after Meg died, I received this letter: I regret to inform you that I had to take my own life.My Review:A Tale of I Actually Felt Some Emotions:

What I felt when I read Gayle’s other book, Just One Day:

What I felt when I read Gayle’s debut novel, If I Stay:

What I expected from I Was Here:

What I actually got:

To sum the book up in a GIF:

For a FULL non-GIF review of I Was Here, be sure to check out my blog on January 26!

And that’s not all! Not only did I enjoy reading I Was Here, but I am also giving away a copy of my ARC to winner! a hardcover of I Was Here instead of an ARC since Gayle Forman swill be coming to NYC later then expected because of an unexpected snowstorm. So sorry about that!

To make things even better, I can also can get the ARC signed and personalized just for you, since Gayle Forman is coming to NYC on its release date. get a signed and personalized hardcover just for you.

Terms & Conditions:

This contest is open INTERNATIONALLY.

The giveaways will run until January 26, 2014.

You must be 18 years or older, or have parents’ permission to enter.

All your entries will be disqualified if you pickup entries for something you haven’t done. (I had to do this for so many of my last giveaways, please don’t make me do this again.)

If you only use ONE account to do all these tasks and enter under different names, they will still only constitute as ONE entry.

If the winner does not respond to my e-mail within 48 hours, I will have to choose another winner.

Speak Your Mind

Haha I love the popcorn gif! This one sounds really sad and emotional… I own Just One Day, but I still need to read it -____-Rosie // Rosie Reads recently posted…Top Ten (32): New-To-Me Authors in 2014

I’m glad you enjoyed “I Was Here” by Gayle Forman. I remember when I thought “If I Stay” and it’s sequel were good because some reviewers reviewed it super positive. Then someone told me how it really is and I’ve been putting off reading those books. I’m not sure for how long but hopefully I don’t have to. I kinda want to read “Just One Day” and “Just One Year” though…But “I Was Here”…Knowing you remotely liked/loved it makes me confident that it was a fabulous, even good read. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! ^_^

First of all, thank you so much for the giveaway! I personally have never read anything by Gayle Forman -cue gasps- I know. I feel like everyone would try to convince me to, but I’m more of a fantasy, action-packed, romance reader than a realistic fiction reader. Especially if the realistic fiction is going to make me bawl my eyes out (I have not bawled my eyes out when reading a book… yet). So I probably won’t pick up this book, but thanks for the review! :)

Gayle Forman is one of my favorite authors! I’m so glad you’ve read and reviewed this one early. It’s one of my most anticipated reads for 2015!Inah @ The Bibliophile Confessions recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday: My Top Ten New Authors of 2014

okay okay…i am hopeful again about this book coz the other blogger was having mixed emotions about it…so the smiley popcorn gif….is a really good sign for me…LOL! and i needed this to be good coz again this is one of the books i look forward to in 2015…and when u did the gif review for The Red Queen…i was got wary about it you know?

Ooh, I’ve only read If I Stay from Forman before, and, like you, I was very underwhelmed – this one seems to tick all the right boxes I want from a contemporary – looking forward to your full review, and thank you for the giveaway. :DEbony @ Daring Damsels recently posted…Review – Girl Online by Zoe Sugg

I 100% agree with your gif (and love it) about If I Stay. I loved Just One Day but I’ve read If I Stay and Where She Went and hated them! I love Gayle though so I can’t wait to try I Was Here! I’m glad it looks like you liked it and I’ll be watching for your full review!Michelle @ Unraveling Books recently posted…Life of a Blogger

Heard so much about I was here but never have been able to remember the author. Always knew the name started with a G. But there is a lot of authors in which their name starts with a G. Thanks for the review. :D

i have yet to read gayle’s books…i have them on my tbr… everything. but books just keep filing up on my list! *sighs* i’ll have to read them all soon because of this new book of hers. thanks for the review. gifs make reviews more fun. :)

I so agree with you about Gayle Forman’s other books I liked where she went a little better than If I stay, but Just One Day was soo boring I felt like i was reading a different book ..not sure I’m gonna give this a chance yet . Actually, after this (All GIF)review I just might ;)
Thanks!

I really enjoyed the gif ( ?) review. I’ve never seen a review quite like that. It made me smile :). The book description as well as the gif review intrigued me and I want to read the book. I have never read a Gayle Foreman novel, and with your opinion about Just One Day and If I Stay (which is on my TBR list), I think I’ll start with I Was Here.

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